Bust-A-Move

by: Taito Corporation

Publication date: 1997

Item Size: 23.3M

Platforms
3DO, Game Gear, SNES, Windows, WonderSwan
Developed by
Taito Corporation
Published by
GameBank Corp.
Released
1995

Pacing
Real-Time
Perspective
Side view
Gameplay
Arcade, Tile Matching Puzzle
Genre
Puzzle
Visual
Fixed / Flip-screen
Art
Anime / Manga

Description

The home version of Bust-A-Move is not a straight adaptation of the arcade game. It greatly increases the number of levels, has new gameplay features and introduces new modes.

The general concept remains the same: the player controls a catapult at the bottom of the screen that shoots bubbles of random colors. When three or more bubbles of the same color touch on the play field, they are removed, with any bubbles falling away that are not attached to ceiling, side wall or another bubble. The ceiling periodically descends, pushing the bubbles downward. The game is lost if any bubbles touch the bottom.

In single player mode, the goal is to clear pre-set bubble patterns. The game consists of 100 levels, more than tripling the number from the arcade game. Some arcade levels are reused, but most are entirely new. Also new are gameplay elements in the form of special bubbles: explosive bubbles destroy bubbles in a small radius around them if hit. Lightning bubbles move sideways if hit, clearing a horizontal line. Water bubbles burst, with the downward stream recoloring all bubbles it touches. Another new element is a boss fight in the final level.

The two-player mode from the arcade version also reappears, but optionally adds a series of ten computer opponents with different playing strategies. In two-player mode, the goal is to make the other player fail. Instead of the ceiling descending, new bubbles are added from the top. Removing more than the required three bubbles at a time sends bubbles to the opponent's field.

The final mode is Challenge mode: it is an endless unwinnable mode where new bubbles are continuously added from the top. It is played for high score: both the score and the number of bubbles popped are counted.

From Mobygames.com. Original Entry

Addeddate: 2014-12-23 09:31:24

Emulator: dosbox

Emulator_ext: zip

Emulator_start: bustmov1/BAM.EXE

Identifier: msdos_Bust-A-Move_1997

Mobygames: http://www.mobygames.com/game/dos/bust-a-move

Mobygames_art: Anime / Manga

Mobygames_developed_by: Taito Corporation

Mobygames_gameplay: Arcade, Tile Matching Puzzle

Mobygames_genre: Puzzle

Mobygames_pacing: Real-Time

Mobygames_perspective: Side view

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Reviewer: Essayist - - November 1, 2021
Subject: The game runs

Takes a few seconds to load then the game runs smoothly with no problems, just treat your numeric key 5 as an enter key then everything else makes sense. ...

Reviewer: geonut98 - - May 20, 2020
Subject: not working

the game is not working

Reviewer: RRicci - July 31, 2016
Subject: Something's wrong

I'm getting a "Runtime error 203 at 05E3:06C4" screen

Reviewer: guruviz - December 25, 2015
Subject: no fire button

Cannot make the game start.
only up and down arrow keys work... no fire button :(

Reviewer: ParsonStrange - - December 10, 2015
Subject: Good stuff.

Plays smoothly. The sound seems a bit choppy.

Reviewer: Spiffman - - January 29, 2015
Subject: Start Button

The 5 on the numeric pad also starts the game. The 4 & 6 move your shooter from left to right.

Reviewer: bellgloom - January 7, 2015
Subject: re: lag and control complaints

generally you need to adjust the cpu cycles when emulating dos games, in dosxbox the controls for this are ctrl-f12 to increase speed, and ctrl-f11 to ...

Reviewer: kalez238 - - January 7, 2015
Subject: Very laggy

Same as above. Only the arrow keys work.

Reviewer: bobloki - January 7, 2015
Subject: Lag

Lagging very bad. Won't respond to input except arrow keys so I can't make it past the loading screen.

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